Customer Reviews

Urine Off Odor and Stain Remover for Cats, 1 Gallon

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2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Of course, this is the kind of product you're slightly embarassed to admit you need, but if you have cat(s) you inevitably will.

This product does take care of odor and works really well on carpets. Contrary to the manufacturer's claim, it will not reverse cat pee damage to fabric and wood (the bleach and dye effect), but we all knew that was too good to be true, didn't we?

We've found that if you saturate the area, let it dry for a LONG time--like several days--treat it again, and then clean the carpet, it does remove the (ahem) evidence. In our house it seems to remove all of it, but we're not unusually sensitive. I suppose if you're really nose-conscious, you wouldn't have cats in the first place.

I recommend buying it in gallons, because it takes a lot of product to treat an area. I also recommend buying a small pump sprayer (ACE Hardware, about seven dollars), because a spray bottle neither covers evenly, nor holds enough.

I wish I could train the cats to do it themselves.

We adopted two cats from a rescue shelter, a male first and then a female a couple of days later. They got along okay in the beginning but became more and more jealous of each other. The male had to be the boss of everything...food, toys and attention. The female started getting back at him about two months later by wetting in his favorite hang-out spots on the floor and then on my husband's leather recliner. I tried Nature's Miracle on the carpet first but it didn't work. The smell was still there and she went back and wet on the same spot.

After researching online and reading the reviews and tips from other customers, I ordered a gallon of Urine Off For Cats through Amazon, as well as a blacklight from Walmart and a big marinade infuser syringe from Linens N Things. The blacklight found spots we were unaware of, including under the recliner. I took masking tape and marked the area about 6" beyond each spot on the carpet and then marked spots about 4" apart within each circle. I poured about 3 cups of Urine Off into a 4 cup measuring cup to make it easier to draw the solution into the syringe. Then I injected each spot with a full syringe of Urine Off, marking each spot with an X in pen on the masking tape as I went along so I knew where I had already injected. Eventually the tip on the syringe was bending so I found that it was easier to use a big skewer to poke the hole first and then push the syringe into the carpet. When I finished injecting, I then filled a pump sprayer with the solution and saturated the top of the carpet. I covered the spots with plastic garbage bags for 2 days and then allowed them to air dry.

For the leather recliner I had to pull the leather covers away from the back of the cushions and spray the leather both inside and out and around the zippers. I injected the cushions with the syringe like I did the carpet and put them in garbage bags. I also put a plastic tarp under the chair and sprayed everywhere the urine may have gone on top and underneath of the chair including any padding and all of the metal and springs. Then I covered it all with plastic bags for 2 days before letting it air dry. Check the cushions to be sure mold doesn't start growing. I removed them from the plastic early. I used a leather conditioner afterwards to restore the pliability to the leather. The metal underneath began to rust in some places, but it came off with WD 40 when we treated the hinges afterwards.

I wish I could say I only had to do all of this work once, but I had to repeat it a second time before all of the smell was gone to my sensitive nose. To be fair, the directions say it may take two or more treatments for the smell to be eliminated. Also, I had used the Nature's Miracle on the two small spots I was aware of first which may have made it harder for the Urine Off to work. I'm sure I didn't get down to the subfloor with the Nature's Miracle and I didn't cover it with plastic. In fact, I used a fan on it to dry it faster which I now know is the opposite of what you should do. But because the Urine Off directions said you had to saturate the carpet, the padding and the subfloor below the padding, and also to widen the area that you treat beyond the original spots, I had to buy a 2nd gallon. To repeat the process, I bought a 3rd gallon. But the end result is that we don't smell any urine odor. Only a slight lemony smell of the solution remains. I was able to save our $1800 recliner, but sadly, my husband insisted that our female cat go back to the rescue shelter. I'm sure she will be much better off as an only cat who is queen of her castle just as our boy enjoys being king.

We have had great success with this product. The secret for carpet is to apply liberally (with a watering can or a manual pressure sprayer) and then cover with plastic for a week or two. Otherwise the surface will dry out leaving a brownish stain. Let it work and then test and reapply if necessary.

I have 2 rescue cats who continuously mark my home. I am very sensitive to smells and can't stand even a hint of pet odor. I have tried Urine Gone, Out Pet Stain and Odor Remover, multiple regular carpet cleaners, home remedies, and professional cleaning with no help. I was about to give up when I tried Urine-Off. After following the instructions, the odors were virtually eliminated! It also has a very pleasant fresh scent while it's working which I love! I recommend this product to everyone, especially those who are frustrated with problem cats!

This is the only product I have ever used that actually removes the odor of cat urine. It really does work. I have used it exclusively for 2 years now for a beloved cat that started misbehaving at age 13. Thanks to this product, I did not have to get rid of my cat. I recommend a heavy duty UV light source for finding sources of urine to go along with this product (not the little hand held tube ones commonly available at pet stores or sold with pet odor solutions). I purchased one also on Amazon: Streamlight Twin-Task 3C 9 Inch UV Flashlight, Black #51010. The only thing that could improve my quality of life above these 2 products is if my cat were to actually start behaving, so I don't have to resort to finding and cleaning up his mess!!

I know I go against the general public on this one, but my cats have some powerful urine! I was just about ready to get rid of these cats! Since we have moved, they have showed me their dislike to the shag carpet in our living room. I searched the internet in hopes for a cure to the urine smell that permeates my ground floor. The urine was dry when I got to it....they especially like to show us how mad they when we go out of town. So, since it was harder to work at since it was dried into the carpet, we saturated the rug and covered it with a plasic tarp when we went out of town for 2 weeks. This also prevented new spots. :) When we got back, I'd say the smell was not as potent, but it was still there. It worked at it better than Nature's Miracle which I had also tried. My guess is it got rid of 50% of the smell, so I had planned on getting another gallon. Within minutes of taking off the tarp, yes, one of the cats marked his territory again to show me he is the boss! So, i had to go at it while it was still wet and couldn't wait to order Urine Off again! I remembered back to their spraying days and bought Anti-Icky poo. This did the trick then, so I rushed to Pet People and returned with my gallon of AIP and a smile on my face. You had to smile when the bottle says it gets rid of all different types of odors, including dead body odors. It's gotta work, right?
It did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like stock in this company and would even consider cheating on my husband with the brilliant inventor of this product. Ok, maybe not, but he's the man! Or she's the woman!

I followed the directions reviewers gave here to use the stuff liberally then cover with plastic, wait several days etc. Barely budged the urine but I refused to repeat since the smell of the product itself is worse. It is sickly sweet, smells like the vet and you can't get rid of it. Now you have the smell of perfume over the urine. Its been two weeks now, I have all the windows open in the room all day in the dead of winter and I can still smell the stuff. I would advise using a small bit of it in a room to see if you are OK with the smell before you spill a gallon of it on your carpets.

For years, I have searched for a product that can truly work to remove cat pee from the carpet in areas where it is not practical to remove the carpet. Some products claim to work but are not very effective. Urine Off does work. I have used the Urine Off on parts of the carpet where my cat really soaked the carpet with pee and it no longer has any sign that the cat had peed there -- no smell and no stain. The affected area, when you wet it with the Urine Off, can smell worse for a few days but this is due to the moisture. Be assured that the enzymes are at work and the smell will go away. I usually thoroughly soak the area with Urine Off, rub it in and then cover it with the plastic backed mattress pads that people use on children's beds (with the plastic facing the carpet). After about a week or so, remove the cover. It may take a month for the enzymes to completely do their job but the smell will not come back unless your cat pees again in the same spot.

I have a cat that has urinated on the carpet in four different places we've lived--most recently in the living room of my new apartment. In the past, I tried many different sprays and concoctions in combination with spot cleaning my carpet to eliminate the odor, but nothing has ever worked for more than a day or so. This time I purchased Urine Off because I saw several people online had recommended it. I spot cleaned the carpet with my Bissell and sprayed Urine Off on it, and the embarrassing and irritating smell I hadn't been able to mask was gone the next day and I haven't smelled it since. To me, this is a miracle.

I of course had a problem with a new kitty who had never seen a dog before. Well she found two spots that she could hide from our sweet little dog. And of course did her business there. Anyway after about 14 different products I bought the Urine-off just for cats in the gallon. I used that along with a flavor injector I bought in Wal-mart for 2 bucks. I had to attack the spots two times, but it is looking good so far. I gave this product 4 stars instead of 5 because I had to coat the two spots twice each.